Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Feb 2000 18:56:45 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: new or old devfs naming scheme (Was: Re: devfs howto) |
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James W. Laferriere writes: > > Hello Richard, I have to agree with Sergey on the point > of liking the old names over the new . But I guess I can > get devfsd to create them for me can't I ? Tia, JimL > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Sergey Kubushin wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Richard Gooch wrote: > ...snip... > > > > > > Having "partX" in the partition table scan may make it too long. The > > > reason the devfs names are not "pX" is because Linus wanted a longer > > > name. I'd be quite happy to shorten them. > > > > Just my $.25 - I liked the old devfs names (that of /dev/sda/c0b0t0u0p1) > > much more than /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 ...
Yes, you can. But maybe someone could ask Linus if they could be changed...
Regards,
Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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